Every year, 8 billion plastic bags are given away by supermarkets and shops. This is equivalent to over 130 bags for every person in the UK. These will take up to 450 years to degrade.
A forest as big as Wales is needed every year to supply all the paper for the UK.
The average person throws away 74kgs of organic waste a year, equivalent to 1077 banana skins.
3.2 billion aluminium cans are still going into landfill (approximately 50,000 tonnes), equivalent to burying the Titanic every year.
Household
waste, collected from the kerbside or brought to your local
household waste recycling centres is received and processed
by GMW.
'The System' explains the integrated waste management solutions
provided for the districts of Greater Manchester.
